Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest -and most controversial -epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. |
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Page 52
... rest , if any rest can harbour there , And reassembling our afflicted ° Powers , ° Consult how we may henceforth most offend ° Our Enemy , our own loss how repair , How overcome this dire Calamity , 190 What reinforcement we may gain ...
... rest , if any rest can harbour there , And reassembling our afflicted ° Powers , ° Consult how we may henceforth most offend ° Our Enemy , our own loss how repair , How overcome this dire Calamity , 190 What reinforcement we may gain ...
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... rest Mind us of like repose , since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night to men Successive , and the timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight inclines Our eyelids ; other Creatures all day long Rove idle ...
... rest Mind us of like repose , since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night to men Successive , and the timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight inclines Our eyelids ; other Creatures all day long Rove idle ...
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... rest by Day , a fiery gleam by Night , Save when they journey , and at length they come , Conducted by his Angel to the Land Promis'd to Abraham and his Seed : the rest Were long to tell , how many Battles fought , How many Kings ...
... rest by Day , a fiery gleam by Night , Save when they journey , and at length they come , Conducted by his Angel to the Land Promis'd to Abraham and his Seed : the rest Were long to tell , how many Battles fought , How many Kings ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
A General Note on the Text | xxxi |
A Note on This Edition | xxxiii |
Copyright | |
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Adam Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd Arms Asmodai aught Beast behold bliss call'd Cherubim Christopher Ricks Clouds Creatures dark Death deeds deep delight Divine dread dwell Earth Eternal Ev'ning evil eyes fair fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire Flow'rs Fruit Gates giv'n glory Gods grace hand happy hath heard heart Heav'n heav'nly heighth Hell Hill John Milton join'd King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Milton's God mind Morn Night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pleas'd poem praise rais'd reign repli'd return'd round Samson Agonistes Sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shalt sight Smectymnuus Son of God soon spake Spirits Stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought Throne thyself Tree turn'd vext virtue voice wand'ring whence William Empson wings words World